Amsterdam
Subtitle: a history of the world's most liberal city
By: Shorto, Russell
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
ISBN-13: 9781408703489; 9781408703472; 9780748128631
Subjects: Social conditions; Liberalismus; Liberalism; History
Description: This is the first 'biography' of the city of Amsterdam - in the same vein as Peter Ackroyd's London.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tertiary/Undergraduate, General.
Table of contents: title: A bicycle trip; title: The water problem; title: The alteration; title: The company; title: The liberal city; title: "The rare happiness of living in a republic"; title: Seeds of influence; title: The two liberalisms; title: "We inform you of the action of a powerful German force"; title: The magic center.